Kitchen utensil



April 5 1927.

1,623,703 l. P. -RUFF KITCHENUTENSILI Filed June 2, 1925 UNITED STA-rss PATENT rennen r. BUFFY, oFcoNNELLsvILnn, PENNSYLVANIA.

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- `App1 ication"led June 2, 1925i Serial-No.13468.

This invention relates to a device especially designed `for Washing and sterilizing dishes or the like' articles, and aims to pro-l vide means to facilitatel the washing of 4dishes,,eliminating the necessity of. a person lacing his hands in the Water, to wash lthe dishes.l v 4 l 'An important. object of the, invention'is the provisionl of partitioning members adapted to partitionlthe inner 'receptacle of the device into compartments, the partitions being yso constructed that they provide racks provided with openings to allowlluid toi outer-receptacleis indicatedvby theii1-entrentce' character 5, 4the 'same being constructed` in'.v

,the usual and well `known mannrand of 'f .thro h the device.

to support the dishes being cleaned, in upright positions. v

A still further object of the invention -is to provide a device of this character includin anouter receptacle and an inner removab e receptacle, the inner receptacle being pass into the inner rece tacle to contact with the dishes supported t lerein. v

Another object ofthe invention is to provide means whereby the innen receptacle may be moved within the outer receptacle to cause the fluid contained in the outer recap# tacle to engage the articles supported withinv the racks. i .Y

With the foregoing and other -`objects in view lwhich will appear as theA description roceeds, the invention resides inthe com.

hlnation and arrangement of 'parts and in the 'details of construction hereinafter`de-- scribed and claimed, it being understood,

that chan esin the cise embodimentof 'the invention herein isclosed, may be made within the scope Re erring 'td the" drawing in; detail, ,the

material commonlyemployed in 'the' con- Y struction of -rece'piaclesof this' character. j

Positioned .wit l l is a receptacle '61 which Iis smaller in diameter Aso that when the,4 inner receptacle "is posi-yl tionedJ a space will beprovided -lbetween the outer and inner receptacle so thatglln'id y u 1,;an'outerre1ceptacleand an inner receptacle mavpass into-the innerreceptacle.

H'ihewall .of theinner receptacle is pro-- j vided with a plurality of `openings Bthrough `lmove the inner receptacle n the outer receptacle "5i x cover whereby surfaces of the dishes supported within the inner receptacle. Removably supported 4within the'inner receptacle are partitioning 'members 9, which partitioning members are constructed Aof corrugated material to the 'end that portions of the partitions, andl particularly the corrugated portions thereof will define grooves or racks forthe reception of the dishes, which in the present members 9 arev arranged to cross each other and divide the inner receptacle into compartments for the reception ofthe dishes, and it will `be seen that due to the arrangement of the partitions, dishes of various sizes may be supported by lthe racks, the larger dishes being positioned adjacent to the 'outer ends of the inner ends of'the partitions.r

Openings 10 are provided in the communication between a jacent compartments, so that when the inner receptacle is moved in a horizontal plane within the outer receptacle, iiuid may pass from vone compart- ,ment to the adacentcompartment contact- `ing with the ishes supported therein to cleanse them.

artitions, while the smaller dishes are positloned adjacent t0 the parti' Y tionlngmembers 9 whicho enings establish OFFICE'.

which openings fluid may pass to engage the `showing are indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawing.l Thesevpartitioning` I'nkor'derA that the inner receptacle may be easily' manipulated, handles 11 are provided on t e. 4inner receptacle, which handles are rigidly connected therewith, -to the end that lan operator may, by graspin the handlesll ack and forth in a horizontal plane agitating the water contained in the rece tac e and causing it to "-.f-strike the plates wit force-to dislodge the material therefrom.

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Thev reference character 12 indicatesthe '-,coverfor.thereceptacla which is rovided with out out .portions 13, to allow t e cover to be positioned v'over the receptacle to hold steaml within the receptacle and ali'ording A means-for -sterilizing the dishes washed by. athedevi. n

The usual handle 14 is provided on the the-v cover may be removed unil the contents of the receptacle emptied.

"11 `ofthe character described,

said innerr receptacle khaving openings to los `permit`tluid to' ,passthereintm removable members formed with vertical corrugations and having openings arranged therein, said corrugations defining 'dish racks, and rigid handles formed on the inner receptacle to Fermit the inner receptacle to be moved in a iorizontal plane.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

ISRAEL P. RUFF.

partitioning members positioned within the inner receptacle, said partitioning members having openings to ermit Huid to pass therethrough, and said partitioning meml bers having vertical corrugations to define dish racks. s

2'. In a device of the character described an outer receptacle and an inner receptacle, said inner receptacle having openings to perl@ mit Huid to pass thereinto, partitioning 

